Northern Kentucky University Athletics

AT NKU: Entering his fourth year with the Norse…quick both in the outfield and on the base paths…will provide a pop at the top of the NKU lineup…will challenge for All-Region and All-American honors. 2010: Named Daktronics Midwest Region and Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year...earned third-team All-America honors from Daktronics and the NCBWA...ABCA All-Region honoree...led the Norse with a .442 batting average...set single-season school records for hits (102), runs scored (75), doubles (26) and total bases (144)....drove in 47 runs and led the team with 39 stolen bases. 2009: First-team All-GLVC honoree…first-team ABCA All-Region player…second-team Daktronics All-Region honoree…led the Norse with a .413 batting average, ranking 55th in all of Division II …81 hits were just two short of the NKU single-season record…also came just short of the team’s single-season doubles mark with 20 on the year (45th nationally) …ended the season on a 24-game hitting streak, going .473 with 11 doubles, three home runs and 12 RBIs in the span. 2008: Had a solid first season in a Norse uniform…played in 57 games while garnering 51 starts and earning a .280 batting average…scored 26 runs, had 30 RBIs, and 16 walks…only everyday player to finish season without a fielding error…also went 6-for-6 in stolen bases…batted .500 in each of two separate NKU sweeps with the first (4-for-8) a two-game sweep of Missouri S&T on March 22 and the other (9-for-18) in a four-game, weekend series over Lewis.

BEFORE NKU: Transfer from Miami (Ohio)…made seven appearances in 2006 for the RedHawks with two starts…hit .222 with one RBI…made his first collegiate start March 20 as DH against Indiana State in 4-2 loss…recorded his first collegiate hit with a pinch-hit RBI single against Indiana on April 25.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2006 graduate of Archbishop Moeller High School…two-time All-Greater Catholic League honoree…as a sophomore, led the GCL South Division in hitting (.489) as he helped the Crusaders to a 28-3 record and a state championship…coached by Tim Held.